Log in and find alerts

Change to the weather_drafts workspace.Click the workspace switcher and choose weather_drafts from the menu, if it's not already selected

Using the Page module, find the Articles folder in the Pagetree under Weather > News > Articles

Create new alerts from scratch

Create a new "monitoring" alert from scratch

Click the create new record button

In the Title field, enter the status of the event,"Monitoring the storm"

In the Subheader field, add clarifications about the event,"The university is open"

In the text field, enter details for the event.

"Both faculty and students are responsible for meeting all assigned classes. In the event of inclement weather, faculty and students will be expected to attend classes as usual as long as they do so without risk of peril to themselves or to others.

During periods of inclement weather, faculty and students will not be penalized for absences dictated by perilous conditions. In severe cases of inclement weather or other emergency conditions, the Office of the Provost will announce cancellation of classes through the local and regional media as well as through the university's Web site."

In the Categories & Relations tab, select the category Weather-Monitoring

Can't see the changes on www.ndsu.edu

Make sure the changes were saved. Re-open the content in the CMS backend and see that it contains the changes.

Make sure the changes have been published. Use the Workspaces module to verify no changes are pending publish.

Perform a "hard reload" of the NDSU home page in your browser by pressing and holding the Shift key while pressing the reload button (or Shift - Ctrl - r).

Hid the banner but it still displays on www.ndsu.edu

Make sure the changes have been published. Use the Workspaces module to verify no changes are pending publish.

Perform a "hard reload" of the NDSU home page in your browser by pressing and holding the Shift key while pressing the reload button (or Shift - Ctrl - r).

Make sure you've waited at least 60 seconds from the time you publish the banner hide before you panic. It may take that long for the NDSU Web server to "forget" about the alert. It caches alerts so that the home page will load fast, and depending on the timing of it all, it can take up to a minute before the cache rebuilds.